cheryl, I got past this point but had to use a walkthrough :) I was totally missing a couple things.... ended up starting from the beginning too as i wasted some food and didnt have enough left..
http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/...iousIsland.htm
take a look at the above.. easier than trying to explain it all :) the nice thing about this game is there is a couple different ways to do things.. liuke 2 separate ways to make fire
okay... found something even better... universal hint system for the game
http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/rtmi.php
this is pretty nice and helpful!
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